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The Prettiest Town We’ve Ever Visited

Ever heard of Lijiang? It’s an old town in northern Yunnan, in what was once the Dali Kingdom, the fought-over hinterland between China and Tibet....

Advertising in Singapore mall.

The Friday Photo: Singapore By Night

At night, Singapore’s malls shut down eventually, though their adverts still beckon and gleam. But the skyline comes into its own. Down on the waterfront,...

Cheong Fatt Tze blue mansion, Georgetown, Penang

The Rockefeller of the East

This is one wing of the Georgetown mansion of Cheong Fatt Tze, the last great mandarin of China, known in New York, where he did...